Category - abuse

London Mayor's deputy says he is 'not Jesus Christ'

staff writers — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:23:10 +0000

Controversial new London Mayor Boris Johnson's deputy, a former Church of England minister, faces an enquiry into historic claims of inappropriate behaviour and financial misconduct, which he has dubbed "groundless".

Church of England publishes full protocol and guidance on child protection

staff writers — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:21:15 +0000

Following public criticism, several embarrassing cases resurfacing from the past and a painstaking subsequent review of procedure, the Church of England has published its "model protocol" for handling child protection cases.

Church of England pledges to root out past and present child abusers

staff writers — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:35:22 +0000

Following renewed criticism of its past practice, the Church of England has confirmed "the broad principles for a protocol for the systematic review of past child protection cases", following on from the Archbishop of Canterbury's announcement earlier in 2007.

Amnesty, abortion and the abuse of women

Amnesty International — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:32 +0000

There is a continuing row between Amnesty International and the Vatican over access to abortion by women who have been abused and raped. Here AI explains its policy and contests representations of it by some critics and campaigners.

Plea for global treaty to protect significant spiritual sites from damage

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:48:32 +0000

The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has called for a binding international treaty to protect churches, mosques, synagogues and other sites of spiritual significance.

Panorama fails to expose true issues of church sex abuse, says survivors group

Ashleigh — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:39:37 +0000

The chairperson and founder of the group Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors, Margaret Kennedy, has said that the BBC Panorama documentary attacking the Catholic Church over child sexual abuse